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PLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY! MORNING, APRIH6, 1937
New Series Vol. 45, No. 27
SPORTSMEN'S BANQUET OUTSTANDING
.VENT WEDNESDA
Aim of Local Club is to Pre*
serve Game for Loyal
Goose'rvationistav
The annual Clare Rod and Gun-club
banquet was held at the City, Hall
auditorium on "Wednesday evening,
April 14.. Thei banquet was served by
the-la'dles of St. Cecilia church. The
.flower decorations were made by
"White's Floral Farm •and Louise's
Flower Shop. George. White, president of the club acted as toastmaster
and in his Customary humorous, fashion introduced the several participants on the program and kept the
meeting in good, spirits all evening.
An.address of welcome was given
by Mayor Jess .Hampton. George and
Jess make a*£Qod team for any banquet occasion. President "White paid
a fine tribute to Secretary-Treasurer
Henry E. Doll whose report showed
that a lot of things had been done
during the year to help perpetuate
hunting and fishing sports in. our
county. His report showed that the
total number of fish planted in our
lakes and streams last year were
1,200,000 including 900,000 pike,
ipsrch, 290,000 brown trout, 1,000
black bass and 9,000 blue gills. Also
20 mallard ducks and 360 pheasants
were released around the Ciare Bird
Sanctuary which is located around
the Mill Pond. The 360 pheasants
from the distribution of 540 eggs was
regarded as a good percentage.
The club is very much alive to the
development of the rearing ponds
which are situated at Farwell and at
Harrison. All the streams in the
country are being improved, and will
be completed in the near future.
Tlhis work is donei by the C, C. C.
boys but the club has had much to do
with the promotion of the plans. On
matters of legislation such as Sunday closing for hunting, ahd the setting of a fixed, date for the opening of
trout season instead of a fixed day,
the club has voiced its opinion. In
concluding his report the secretary
.thanked every one who had assisted
him and the club officials in all the
work they had done and was attempting to do for the hunting and fishing
sport in the county.
Robert Fortney of Paris, Michigan,
•Supt. of the State Fisheries spoke
briefly, as< did Mr. Brot_ from the Department of Consiervation, Lansing,
who spoke in, behalf P. J. Hoffmaster, director of Conservation.
^Merton McClure Supt. of the Con-
(COntinued on Page Eight)
ARTHUR SCH00N0VER
DIES SUDDENLY AT
VERNON HILL HOME
Deceased Had Been  In  Very
Poor Health for Several
Years
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Arthur Dickerson Schoonover was
horn in Wilkes Barre, Pa., August 25,
1862 and died suddenly at his home
on Vernon Hill Monday, April 12, at
the age of 74 years. He came to
Michigan at the age of ten.
■Ha spent his early life working in
the lumber camps in Central .Michigan, and took part in, many log drives
down the Muskegon and AuSable Rivers.
In 1882 he was married to Lydia
Bates and they established a home
on Vernon Hill where hei resided until . his death. To this Union were
born two children, Harry and Ida.
His wife, Lydia passed away September 8, 1902.      '
He married Elizabeth Northup on
•June 18, 1904. To this union was
born one son, Deyere.
He was a carpenter by trade and
for mamy years he served the public
in and around Clare. For several
years his health did not permit him
to follow his vocation. He was a
cheerful and helpful neighbor. a
kind and devoted husband and father.'
He leaves to mourn their loss, besides his wife, one daughter Mrs. Ida
y iCrell, of Grant Township, two sons
Harry, of YoUfigstowa, New York,
-aud Devere, of Detroit, one step-
? daughter, Mrs. icel Stilgenbauer, • of
Shepherd, seven grandchildren and a
;litest of friends.
The services were held from the
Thurstoft f'tta.eral *Hon_e*    Thursday
.i-afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. Geo.
. P. Stanford o_ficia.ting and interment
made in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
The immediate family attending
the services from distant points were
Mr.. and Mm, Hairy Schponovet. of
Yotiittgatown, KfeW* York, MfB. Leonard tia-frreaice of ISflagara Fall£, New
:, York* Mr. ai_d Mrs, Derere Schoonover, i&feaMiC- Mrs. Thoihaa Aldridge
m&'Mm. Gladys! Caftfieid Of Detroit,
Mr/'&rtd Mrs. J, D. Nbrt&iapi of Toledo.
JAMES F. TATMAN
PASSED TO SHORES
BEYONDJRIDAY
Deceased Was in Business
Circles Here Since
1882
J. F. Tatman, for fifty-nine years
a resident of Clare County, died at
his home on West Eighth Street on
April 9, Death resulted from a stroke
of paralysis suffered several weejcs
ago.
James Finley Tatman was born on
March 25, 1859 in Nicholsville, Clermont County, Ohio. He. was the
(fourth of the eleven children of Elijah and Elizabeth Jane Tatman. The
family moved to Indiana when Mr.
Tatman was five years old, and in
1878 came to Clare County, making
the trip from Indiana in a covered
wagon. He attended scliool and
taught at Dover said also taught in
the Eagle and Colonville schools.
In 1880 he married Lizzie. Alina Berry. Three children were born of this
union, Alina M., Elva Belle, and James
Albert. * Lizzie Berry Tatman died on
September 16, 1906. In 1920 he married Drucilla A. Chase, who died on
March 30, 1935.
Mr. Tatman moved to Clare in 18.82
and was employed by Nathan. Bicknell
and Company. After two years with
this firm he entered into a partnership with J. H. Shilling, and later engaged in the retail grocery business
for himself. Subsequently he built
the Tatman Building on McEwan
Street and remained active as a
grocer until 1930. Before his retirement from business, Mr. Tatman was
an active mem'ber of the Retail
Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
of the state and served that organization as a director and an officer.
Always active in the affairs of the
city and county, Mr. Tatman was for
many years a member of the Clare
Board of Education, and was a director of the Clare Chamber of Commerce. He, was a regular attendant
of the Methodist Church and was, for
many years, its treasurer. During the
war he was active in Red Cross work,
v Surviving are three children; Alina
(M. Andrus and James A. Tatman ot
Clare, and Elva B. Tatman of Baltimore, Maryland; two sisters, Mrs.
Irvin Miser and Mrs. Dorothea Allen
of Dover; two brothers, M. R. Tatman
of Yelm, Washington, and J. O. Tatman, of Los Angeles, California; and
two grandchildren; Mrs, Clem Le»
Fetre of Los Angeles, California, and
Mrs. Lee Alexander of Detroit.
Funeral services were conducted
from Thurstons' Funeral Home on
Monday, April 12. Tha pallbearers
were L. E. Davy, B. N. Mercer, William Caple, Clyde Harris, Earl Sternaman and Ed1 Johnston. Clare business places closed for one hour during the service..
Those coming from a distance to
attend the service weire Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Alexander and Mr. and Mrs.
■Roy Tatman, of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Walsh and daughter, Margaret
Jane, of Owosso, Mrs. Ralph Mac-
Donald, Bay City. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
'Thompson, St. Louis, Mrs. Faith
Brownson and Mrs. Herbert Bailey, of
Mt. Pleasant.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING NEXT MONDAY
NIGHT AT BARNES CAFE
The regular meeting of the Clare
Chamber of Commerce for April will
meet at the Bariies Cafe on Monday
evening April 19th. The meeting will
be preceded by a dinner.
Much work has been done concerning adverti&iuig Cl.are County for tourist business and other important matters have come up which require/the
attention of all members. It is hoped
'that a large representation-, will, be
.present in order that this important
business receive proper attention.
The ticket committee for this meeting are Ale* McKi_u_oi_, Murl Houghton, Art Damoth ahd Th.o. Wailing-
ton.
LEGION MEETING
JONDAnVENING
Mount Pleasant Jurist Expects
to be Heist .to Large
Gathering
•Monday evening, April 19th .the
Tenth District Associations of .he
American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary will meet at Mt. Pleasant for business meetings, a banquet,
mammoth parade and dance. All
members of Walter H. Larman Post,
the local American Legion Auxiliary
Unit, the wives, husbands and friends
are urged to make arrangements to
be present. * ' •     '
The business meetings will commence at five o'clock and at seven
o'clock the usual banquet will take
place. Meetings will be held at the
/Legion rooms and the Odd Fellows
Hall. Following the banquet a good
program will take place and' there
will also be an excellent floor show.
The Mt. Pleasant Post and Unit
have notified local Legion and Auxiliary officials that they can accomodate all who can attend. Commander Walker and President Hazel Hawkins .are anxious to have a large representation present as Mt. Pleasant
is only fifteen miles away and Clare
has the. second largest Post in the
District,
All those who would like to attend
but hayte no way of going are urged to
get in touch with' Commander Walker, President Hazel Hawkins, or Adjutant Kyle McKinnon at once and a
way will be found for them to attend.
District > Committeeman Lear
(Doherty of Coleman has announced
that a number of prominent State
Legion and Auxiliary officials will b_
preeent and all attending will have
the assurance of a worthwhile meeting as well as an excellent time.
OIL NEWS
VERNON ^lE-LD
& After overcoming... much .. engine
trouble during the .past two weeks,
the drill on the Ghartiers Currie No,
2 on the south sMel of section 5, is
again "working smoothly and has
reached a depth of 3300 feet
Workmen on the (lope No. 1, on the
east side of section .9, are this week
rigging up. the derrick and expect to
drill in the last of the week.
1 .'   '..'t—
wis'e township
"Drillers on the'YMurphy No. 1,
on the east sidfej of section 6
have reached a depth of 3383 feet.
This well and the Currie No. 2 are expected to be completed next week.
ZENOBIA CHAPTER
PLANS SPECIAL
PROGRAM THURS.
Past Matrons and Past Patrons  Will  Also  be
Honored
JOS. LARSON GIVEN
SENTENCE OF TWO
TO FIFTEEN YEARS
County Officers Take Prisoner to Jackson Thursday Morning
A special session of Circuit court
was called last Saturday at the court
house at Harrison by Judge Ray Hart
at which time he sentence Joseph
Larson to Jackson prison for a term
of two to fifteen years for the murder
of Fred Schug on Wednesday ev&
|uing previous.
Blanket charges were perferred
against the prisoner by Prosecuting
Attorney Donald E. Holbrook charging Larson with first and second
degree murder and manslaughter.
Judge Hart allowed Larson to plead
guilty to the least of these three
counts.
The prisoners wife, his brother and
itwo sisters and a group of Legion-
aires of Clare were present. Larson
stated that he shot in self defense
after Schug had sho't at him with a
revolver, but no witnesses were introduced to testify on this issue. Mrs.
Larson stated that Larson forced her
to go across the road from their home
to the Schug farm where the gruesome crime was committed.
Sheriff Bates took Larson to Jackson Thursday morning where he will
pay his penalty for the act.
GRANDMA THAYER CELEBRATED 90TH ANNIVERSARY
SUNDAY, APRIL FOURTH
The Sentinel unintentionally omitted the mention last week that Mrs.
Melissa Thayer celebrated her 90th
birthdate anniversary on Sunday,
'April .4th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Loomis on east Fifth
street.
Her brother, George Disenroth and
aister, Miss Minnie, of near Jackson,
and a friend, Mrs. Ewing came the
Saturday afternoon before to help
her celebrate the ejent. Other relatives and friends also called.
Grandma Thayer i& able to be
about the home and of late greatly
enjoyed the presence of her two
great grand daughters, Jepnette Lynn
and Jean Aim Walyorth who were
being .cared for at the Loomis home
for several weeks.
ISABELLA POMONA
Isabella Pomoiia Grange will meet
with Us-ion Grange Wednesday, April
21, 8.30 p. m. Let's all be there to
hear about the new" discussiohi project.   Pot luck lunch. *
Nellie B; White Sec'y.
Neixt Thursday evening commencing promptly at the.hour of six-thirty
o'clock, the members of Zenobia
Chapter No. 129 O. B. S. will meet in
the Chapter dining room for the din-
ner to be followed; at seven-thirty
o'clock by a special meeting for the
purpose of initiation.
This is the annual Past Matron's
and Past Patron's night and all Past
Matrons and Past Patrons of Zenobia
Chapter will be present; a special
honorary service is being planned
both at the dinner and at the meet,
ing and those who have held the
leading chairs of the. Chapter will be
presented to the members and visitors from other Chapters.
Following the dinner the Chapter
will be opened for purposes of in-
itation and it is expected that four
candidates, recently voted upon favorably for membership, will be inducted into the Order as members of
Zenobia Chapter.
The iiiitlatfon^eryice -will be given
Iby the Officers of the Mt. Pleasant
Chapter and it is expected that a
large part of their membership will be
present for the occasion.
Following the, service of Initiation
a short program will be held. All
members of Zenobia Chapter should
make their plans at this time for attendance next week, Thursday evening, April 22nd.
SIX NEW MEMBERS
ON CLARE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Three are From Clare City. John
Burnett Retained as
Chairman
The Clare County Board of Supervisor have been in session the past
three days. Six new. members appeared on roll call as result of the spring
election. Clare city is represented
by three new members, John W.
Dunlop, John Rodabaugh and Arden
"Walters. John Burnett, of Greenwood, was elected as chairman of the
board.
Among the various items of business transacted .Was the granting permission to Judge of Probate A. E.
Wylie to appoint a register of" probate;
Mr. "Wylie appointed Mrs. Estella
"White, who has assisted in the probate office for the past two year and
is familiar with the many duties of
Ithe office. This appointment doee
!not make any ecstra expense to the
county and aids greatly in, the service rendered in this capacity. Since
January first forty-five estate cases
have been handled by the Judge of
Probate.
A register of probate is required itt
counties over 20,000 population and
smaller" counties may appoint same
if work demands.
TRDNKUNE MAINTENANCE
WORKERS TO RECEIVE
ADVANCE 01 WAGES
JAMES DUNCAN
NUMBERED WITH
THOSE PASSED ON
Deceased  Resided in- This
Locality for Fifty-six
Years
This familiar figure is missed from
our local streets and without a doubt
he was one of the most widely known
men of this part of the state.
James Duncan was born July 2nd,
•1866 at London, Monroe county, and
came with his parents and family to
V-emon township in 1871. He was one
of a family of sewn children born to
James and Margaret Duncan. Four
sisters have passed to the great be*
yond, namely, Sarah', Elizabeth, Harriet and Mary.
• When a lad of the teen age he work-
i.ed at iManistique for thneie years, and
later entered business at Meredith,
then a hustling lumber center, where
he remained two years. Mr. Duncan
tentered businless in Clare in 1894 and
has been connected with same until
his death, the late, years he was   re-
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An order went out Monday from
State Highway Commissioner Murray
D. Van Wagonfer for an immediate
wage increase for maintenance workers on the stato -tiranfcline highway
syatem.
The order provides for a general increase of 5 cents au hour lu the maifi-
•_e_ia_u_e wage ahd a minimum wage
of 50 cents an hour /for all maintenance workers, Thjs compares \vith
a previous minimum of 36 cents aw
hour.
tired from active association, continuing as a director of the Citizens State
Bank and cared for his interests pre-
taining to the several business blocks
bearing his name on McEwan street
and other property holdings.
Mr. Duncan was married to Anna
McPhall in 1900, who preceded him in
death on June 16th, 1929.
Those surviving are the two brothers, John and William of Vernon and
their families, besides a host of
friends and acquaintances.
He* was a^ member(.of the B. P. Q. E.
of Saginaw, where he attended regularly until- the-Tikst several years.
Funeral services" Were held from
the home, on west Seventh street, Rev-
H. B. Johnson, of Oxford, and Rev.
Albert DaWe were in charge, and burial made in the family lot at Cherry
Grove.
MAMMOTH OIL CO.
TO MAKE CLARE
ITS HEADQUARTERS
Entire Second Floor of Citizens State Bapk Building Leased
Last week the Mammoth Producing
and Refining Co., one of the largest
operators in th© Vernon • and Buckeye
fields, leased the entire second floor
Ot the Citizens State Bank building
of this city and will move their offices therein atoout May 1st.
Since the; company began, operations in the Vernon field, offices have
maintained fofcir miles,' south of Clare,
with headquarters in New York, but
due to the rapid expansion of the
company in the Buckeye field and the
office personnel, it was decided to
make Clare its headquarters.
Feige aitd Sorts, of Saginaw, have
the contract for the rearranging of
the partitions into a suite of seven
rooms, with Marion Wright, of this
city, in charge of the painting and
plastering.
RONALD FINCH .
LADY GOLFERS HOLD
BANQUET AT HOTEL
DOHERTYJTUES. EVE.
Mrs. I. E. Hampton Made
Honorary President;
Awards Given
FORMER CLARE EDITOR
DIES IN GRAND RAPIDS
Enoch' Andrus, former editor of The
Clare Sentinel passed away at the
Clark Memorial home in Grand Rapids last Saturday night> at the ripe
age of 91 years.
Funeral services were held Tuesday and burial made in Hastings,
which was his boyhood home.
Mr. Andrus Mt Clare about fifteen
years ago where he retired from active business interests.
What Happened tp Jones.
M. E. AUXILIARY RUMMAGE SALE
April 28 the regular date for the
-ftethbdist Auxiliary meeting, the
women will hold a rummage sale in
the church parlors. Will all our folks
during this season of cleaning save
the things that may be of further use
ttfctd we will call for them any day he-
fore April 28,
Ptee,, Mabel Mulder.
About thirty women golfers met at
tlie Hotel Doherty Tuesday evening
at 6:30 o'clock for their annual banquet. Mrs. A. E. Mulder, retiring
president, presided. Mrs. I. E. Hampton, who is a very ardent golfer in
spite of her age, was made honorary
president of the Women Golfers. 4,
motto of. "The House by the Side of
the Road" by Foss with a commendation from the officers of 1936 attached, as well as a lovely bouquet of
roses was presented to Mrs. Hampton.
After general business and a treasurer's -report from Mrs. Norris Elden,
a report from the nominating committee was given by chairman, Mrs.
Clyde Harris. The following ■ slate
was unanimously accepted by the
members; President Mrs, Norris
Elden; Secretary-:Traasurer, Mrs. Leo
Hampton. Committees were as follows: Sports chairman, Mrs. Jos.
Naumes, Mrs. James Olson and Mrs. B.
F. Hampton; Handicap chairman, Mrs.
Theo.„G. Bowler, Mrs. Albert Haley.
.Publicity, Mrs. Lloyd Wagner.
Mrs. E.A .Anderson, who was sports
Committee chairman for 1936, presented the awards. After paying tribute
to the philanthropic attitude of Chas.
Strange in .our community as a whole,
the Chas. Strange championship
taophy was awarded to Mrs. Albert
Haley. The club feels very proud of
Lucille, since she also capped championship honors at the Central Michigan District Association tournament
held in Alma last year. Mrs. Anderson was the rtlnner up for the local
championship. The Handicap cup
was given to Mrs. Harold Schaeffer
and her runner up in tha 1st Flight,
Miss Frances Anderson; 2nd Flight
was Mrs. Wm. Bowler and Mrs. Austin Bates; Consolation was Mrs. A.
E. Mulder and Miss Margaret Doherty.
A report from Mrs. Naumes and
Mrs. Haley, who attended a tea which
was recently given by the Oentral
Michigan District Association at
Alma, was heard. They announced
that the district Tournament will be
held in Mt. Pleasant July 20-21-21.
They also announced a schedule for
1937 'as follows:
June 9, Alma at Clare,
June 30, Mt. Pleasant at Clare.
July 14, St. Johns at Clare.
August 4, Ithaca at Clare.
Returns games with Ithaca, Alma,
St. John's are not scheduled as yet.
Play will begin as soon as favorable
weather conditions permit. . '
ATHLETIC BANQUET
PLEASING OCCASION
HERE MONDAY NITE
Glen Sanford Presented With
Trophy for Fine Work
on Glare High Team
The second annual Kjwanis Athletic
banquet was held.at the city hall aue>
itorum on Monday evening, April 12.
A spi-Mid dinner was served by- the
(Ladies Guild of the First Congregational church. Rev. Albert Dawe gave
the invocation and Harry Wehrley led
in community, singing with Mrs. Fred
'Doherty presiding at the piano.
James Bicknell, president of the
Clare Kiwanis club, had charge of the
meeting and introduced very amusingly and ably Tim Cotter, Who acted as
toastmaster. The toastmaster called
upon several visitors for remarks. Mr.
Jos. Grigware, Lieut. Gov. of Michigan Kiwatiians, Mayor Jess Hampton
and Mayor-elect John. W. Dunlop, all
of whom spoke briefly. The chairman of the various committees were
also introduced. General chairman,
Art Damoth, Tickets, Tim Cotter,
program, Harry Wehrly, dinner, Harold Fleming, publicity, Austin Bates,
also Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, of Grand
Rapids, who accompanied Mr. Grig-
ware.
Coach Leo Brown was called upon
who introduoed'all the letter boys. He
spoke very highly of the seniors with
whom he had worked for four yeara.
In eixplaininig something of the character and details of the game, he said
the boys had entered into the spirit
of the game and had shown many
signs of development, both mentally
and physically. The boys who received their letters were named as ,fol-
tows: Glen Sanford, Elmer Anderson, Robert Harriger, Neal Maxwell.
Geo. Tope, Willard Bell, Jarvis KajH
plingier, John Schaaf, Jack Mange
Walter Kleiner, Lawrence Jackson
Francis Cappaert, Ed. Foss, Thomas
Kane, Clare Stanford, Tom Dwyer,
Wayne Perkins, Rolland Blystone,
Norris Blystone. The first six are
seniors and will not return next year.
The boys who will return next year
also received encouraging • and com-
meaidable advice from the coach. Mr.
Brown also introduced Ed. Alexander*
from C. S. T. C. at Mt. Pleasant, who
was voted all-state end for last year.
Father Morrison pinchhitting for
Chas. Strange presented three trdpi-
ies to the winners of the annual boxing tournament and in doing so paid al
glowing tribute to the donor of these
gifts. The winners were as follows:/
Walter Kleiner Class A., Lawrence
Jackson Class B,' and Thomas Kana
Class C. Thefee trophies will remain
the property of the Clare High school,
but the names of the winners eactt
year will be inscribed on the trophy.
One  of the outstanding events ol!
this annual Kiwanis Athletic banquet
's the presentation of a trophy to the/
scholar who  has   excelled  both      ia
.Continued on Page Eight)
AGED SHERIDAN RESIDENT PASSES ANOTHER
MILESTONE APRIL 4TH
Grandma  Cotton Very  Ach'vo-
and Proudly Cares for Her
Home at 90 Years
FUTURE FARMERS TO
SPONSOR FATHER AND
SON BANQUET MONDAY
The second annual Father and Son
banquet sponsored by the local Future Farmers of America will be held
at the Agricultural room at the high,
school next Monday night at 6:30.
Due to illness the president of the
F. F. A. class, Wm. Moline will be
.unable to act, and the vice president,
Frank Poet will act as toastmaster.
.Dr. H. M. Byram, from the Educational Department of the Michigan State
College, will be their speaker, using
as his topic, Father and Son Relationships.
Several members ot the F. F. A.
group have exceptional music talent
and they will furnish this part of the
program.
The Home Economics department
'will serve the banquet with Miss Ulrey supervising.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt and courteous service,
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.
Roxall lc sale ends Saturday night     "What Happened to Jones?
Sunday, April 4th, Mrs. Josephine"
Cotton, of Sheridan township, celebrated her 90th birthdate annivem
sary and enjoyed a visit* from hee
daughter, Mrs. Th,eodor-e Deukerji
hjusband and family, of Flint, and two
sons, Howard and Frank arid their
families of Sheridan and Claud Cot-*
ton and wife and little* son," of north*
ern Michigan. They partook of a sumf*
tuous dinner, the table, being' at«
tractive with a nice hirthday cake aa"
a centerpiece'.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Gottou and two
children, of Mt. Pleasant, were call-"
ers Sunday. *
Mrs. Cotton came to her home iri>
Colonville from Illinois twenty-eight-
years ago and ten years later Mr.
Cotton passed away. During these.
years Grandma Cotton has maintain*
ed her own home and proudly boastHj'
of her ability to care for herself-. She
is the mother of eleven children, six
are living, namely, Frank and Howard, of Sheridan, and Scott, of Poiw
tiac, and Mrs. Grace Denker, ot
Flint, Mrs. Edna Duchane of Peoria,-
III., and Mrs. Blanchard Cotton, now
o_ Sheridan.. Beside her family she.
mothered four step children. When
asked about her grandchildren, shii
smilingly said, "I know all my grand*
children but I cannot name them," X
also have several great grandchil«
dreii."
Mrs. Cotton is very active and re*
tains her hit of humor. She emjoyij.
good eye sight and hearing,, and feel*-
very grateful for her good health at
this remarkable age."